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DC will reportedly put in the multiverse in 2022 , essentially changing theDCEUand potentially setting up a fight between Robert Pattinson ’s version of the Dark Knight inThe Batmanand Joaquin Phoenix ’s Joker . braggy things are in the works over at DC , which looks to be preparing a full - head-on assault on farsighted - time rival Marvel . After an regalia on underwhelming superhero efforts , the troupe seems to have been reinvigorate by 2019’sJokerand looks to be shake things up with its forthcoming movies .

Reports intimate thing are about to get really interesting , with Warner Bros. and DC say to be preparing the debut of a cinematic   multiverse in 2022’sThe Flash . Such a growth would stand for the DCEU would no longer be restrict to a singular timeline , allowing for multiple realities to exist at the same time . The most exciting news to come forth thus far has been thatMichael Keaton could be in talks to reprise his role as Batman inThe Flash . The veteran role player ’s appearance would be made possible by the introduction of the multiverse and would be an all separate character from the version Robert Pattinson is set to portray in 2021 .

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Among the most challenging crossovers the multiverse could make potential is a expression - off between Robert Pattinson ’s Batman and Joaquin Phoenix ’s Joker , which debuted in his own ego - contained story last year .   WhileJokerwasn’t without its percentage of disceptation , Phoenix ’s Oscar - winning public presentation was widely praised by both fan and critics , and the pic itself marked a deviation for DC and Warner Bros. , which had previously struggled to   set up a shared universe consanguineal to Marvel’sMCU.Jokerwas a release from the " replicate the MCU but with DC theatrical role " scheme as it was   an entirely separate story that had no connection to Zack Snyder’sJustice Leagueor its various branch . But with the multiverse potentially coif to inaugurate the conception of multiple simultaneous timeline , there ’s no reasonableness why Phoenix ’s Joker could n’t show up in future DCEU movies , making his rendezvous with Pattinson ’s Batman a definite possibility .

Matt Reeves ' forthcoming rebootThe Batmanshares much in vernacular withJoker , in that it ’s   said to be a self - contained narrative , existing within its own world away from the wider DCEU.The Batmanis shaping up to be noirish detective tale ,   install a more grounded Gotham with Pattinson ’s youthful Dark Knight still reconcile into his crime - crusade career . Paul Dano ’s Riddler promises   to furnish the variation of the villain fans have been hold off for , alongside Colin Farrell ’s Penguin as the backup rogue . With Zoe Kravitz also onboard as Catwoman and a novel D.A. lineament played by Peter Sarsgaard , Reeves has a lot to juggling already – making an appearance of Phoenix ’s Joker highly unlikely inThe Batman .

That say , there ’s already conjecture about howThe Batmancould set up Arthur Fleck ’s Jokerfor a continuation , even if the film ’s central narration does n’t include him . A post - credits sequence provides an easy space to tantalize the cross - over , which likely wo n’t happen until way afterThe Flashhas debut and the construct of the multiverse has been well - set up . That said , bothThe BatmanandJokerembrace a grittier , more naturalistic aesthetic , which would conceivably make   the potential melding of the two feel   that much more lifelike .

Robert Pattinson as Batman Alongside Joaquin Phoenix as Joker

With the multiverse , DC will have an easy way to make sense of such a crossover . The multiverse is say to span the entirety of DC ’s on - projection screen dimension , both present and past . That means even characters and plots from theArrowverseTV shows could show up inDCEUmovies   - a ontogeny already rally in theCrisis On Infinite EarthsTV event when Ezra Miller ’s Flash made a abbreviated appearance . Perhaps a similarly momentous event is being planned for a post - Flashfuture , in which all - personal manner of cinematic DC case will come along - Phoenix ’s Joker included . Whether audiences will in fact see Pattinson’sBatmantake on Phoenix’sJokerremains unclear , but of all the possible hybrid - over the multiverse could bring , this feel like the least far - fetched .

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Robert Pattinson as Batman and Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Joker

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